How to get Good Locations like a Hollywood Pro

February 11, 2009

You don’t have to settle for your best friend’s basement to shoot your next film.  Believe it or not, getting good locations is sometimes as simple as just making a few phone calls. In some places, like New York or Los Angelos, its very unlikely you’ll get a popular location for free, but in other [...]

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The Ultimate 12 Step Guide to Preproduction

February 8, 2009

For most people preproduction of a low budget film can be pretty overwhelming.  Lets face it…for the most part it just isn’t very much fun.  Very few people really enjoy doing paperwork, writing shotlists, making phone calls, and scheduling meetings.  Well tough. The fact is anything you fail to do in preproduction will cost you [...]

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The New Cinema Advanced

February 7, 2009

Those of you who have been followers of the site for some time will notice that I’ve just implemented a huge design change.  This is in addition to alot of back end updates and fixes. You’ll probably notice one huge change in particular.  The front page has that big video  section right up top.  Can [...]

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Four reasons its easier to succeed in internet media than film

November 23, 2008

Producing an internet series can be substantially easier and cheaper than producing a film, and it is much more likely to succeed than an independent film. Here are four reasons internet video is much more accessible to the average filmmaker: Actors – No one expects attachments in a web series. It’s pretty standard to have [...]

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Seven more reasons to create a web series

September 11, 2008

If you thought the last four advantages to creating a web series were good enough to get you started, here are seven more reasons to turn your film idea into a web series: No Rules – The only rule is to please your audience, and don’t break the law. Make a violent comedy, or a [...]

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How to convert your feature script into a web series

September 10, 2008

So maybe you’ve been reading this blog so far, and your really interested in going the web series route. But maybe you already have a feature film script, or worse…maybe you’ve spent money optioning a feature script. Never fear, because in most cases you can convert that feature film script into an entire first season [...]

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Four web series you should NOT create.

August 18, 2008

I’ve been talking quite a bit about how to create a successful web series, and the types of content that work well on the internet. The honest truth is, there are probably a ton of great ideas I’ve never considered. Even more likely, there are a bunch of things which I would say are outright [...]

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Four genres that make for profitable internet series

August 13, 2008

The internet is an unusual place, so its best not to automatically assume that what works in the movie world will work well on the internet, or vice versa. However, there are several time tested genres that work great for fictional web series: Comedy – The Internet video world is built on comedy. It doesn’t [...]

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Want to be a filmmaker? Maybe you should start a web series…

August 12, 2008

Everyone knows that breaking into the film world is tough, if not nearly impossible. The cost of creating a film is enormous, and the likelihood of making a profit on your first feature is extremely small. But over the past few months, I’ve realized there is a better way. That way is to create a [...]

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Indie Pro Tip: Keep the team small

May 28, 2008

When you are building a crew for your first, second, or even 100th movie, it’s always good to ask yourself just how much crew is necessary to complete the film. Do you really need all those people loafing around the set? Trust me, you won’t have to worry about left over donuts…the actors will take [...]

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